The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-02
NET HIS FATE.
A Jersey Wife Murderer Dies on the
ScaHoId.
His Victims Throat Cut from Ear
TO Ear.
Her Hands Gashed to the Bone by the
Keen Blade.
A Full Confession Made Before the
Execution.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., June 1.-George
Disque, wife murderer, suffered the
extreme penalty Of the law in the west
erly corridor of the Hudson county jail
a few minutes after 10 o'clock this
morning. The condemned man main
tanned his foYtifude to the last. The
following is the story of the crime for
which he was punished: About three
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon; October
9Th, 1885, the wife of Policeman
Michael Desmond, who occupied the
lower floor of the house in which
Disque lived, heard the latter quarrel
ing with his wife. Then came the
sound of heavy fall after
which all was still. About half an hour
later Disque came down stairs dressed
in his best. He met Mrs. Desmond's
little girl in the hallway. For God S
| Carrie and Annie until come back. y
The girl promised to look out for the
two children who were playing in the
yard, but Disque never returned. 1t was
$3.50 O'Clock that afternoon when Dis
que walked into the Hoboken police
station where Roundsman Peter
Jacobus was in charge who greeted
Disque pleasantly.
1--WE had a fight with my wife,
Pete, said Disque. She took stool
and knife to me and cut her throat.
cut it good, too. 1 guess she is dead.
Here is the key to my room; you had
better see about IT,"
Officers Kayser and Nelson were sent
| to Disque'S home They found Of
ficer Desmond who had been awakened
by his wife peering through key hole
of Disque's room. The door was open
ed and frightfnl scene was revealed.
| Lying on the floor in pool of blood
lay Mrs. Disque's body. Her throat
distinct gashes. The dead woman's ten
months old baby had crawled to the
side of the body and was patting it's
childish hands in the mothers blood as
it cOoed in vain for smile which, till
then, had always greeted its approach.
In an adjoining bedroom were
found DiSque'S blood-stained suit and
undergarments and the bloody water in
which he had washed his hands and the
keen-bladed knife with which the deed
was done. Both rooms gave evidence
of the woman's desperate struggle for
life. Her hands were cut to the bone
where the knife had been drawn
through her fingers and the bloody
finger marks on her hair showed how
her head had been drawn back to
slaughter her. The remains were pho
COgTapH0Q anu GLl0 plCGuT0S IOTlSu al
important link in tie chain of evidence
upon which Disque was convicted. He
was sentenced to- be hanged March %,
but upon writ Of error being secured
the execution was postponed. Last
April the supreme court affirmed the
Judgment against him and he was sem
fenced to be hanged to-day. Twelve
years ago the father of Disque died in
the arms of his friend HeintZ, who has
since become sheriff and this morning
the sheriff was compelled to offciate at
the execution of his old friends son.
Disque, during the last few days, has
shown but little concern over the
fate which awaits him. He ate
hearty meals, slept regularly, and
chatted brightly with his keepers. His
last request was that as few persons as
possible should be admitted to the eX-
ecution, He refused to see his mother
last week, as he. believed the shock of
the sad parting would kill her., His
little son visited him daily while he
was in prison, but his wife's relations
refused to allow his daughter to see
him. His body will be cremated. He
made a full confession to Rev. Merry,
and in speaking of the crime he said:
81 am sorry for it, OF course, but re-
ally remember nothing about it. That
| day seems like q dream to me-"